Lifting Financial Sanctions Come True?
Though North Korea has agreed with the U.S. and China to rejoin the six-party talks, critics say that if there are no major changes...
Actively Participating in PSI Is Likely to Prevent Provocative Actions of N. Korea
It was known that the South Korean government has been worried about whether or not it will actively participate in Proliferation Security Initiative(PSI) because...
Kim Jong Il Must Feel His “Life Threatened” to Surrender Nukes
Following the nuke experiments, it has been suggested that though the chances that North Korea will take holistic provocative acts are low, it is...
Beijing’s Options after the Nuke Test
China is in a predicament. While American pressure is getting more intense, Kim Jong Il is still defiant. Even though President Hu’s special envoy,...
Kim Might Be Banned from Travel Abroad
The UN Security Council Committee concerning North Korea (the Sanctions Committee) inaugurated on Monday.
The Council appointed Peter Burian, Slovak Ambassador to the UN,...
“China Attempts to Solve DPRK’s Nukes before Beijing Olympics” Says Chinese Expert
It has been projected that it will be difficult for China to persist with financial sanctions on North Korea beyond late 2007 or early...
Repeated “Denuclearization” by Kim Jong Il
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly told Tang Jiaxuan, Chinese special envoy to Pyongyang, that he would “fulfill the 1992 Korean Peninsula Denuclearization...
A Turning Point in NK Nuke Crisis: Rice’s Visit to Beijing
State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Chinese President Hu Jintao’s special envoy to North Korea, met Kim Jong Il on Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao...
Kim’s Last Exit to Moscow?
As the UN Security Council passed a resolution of economic-diplomatic sanctions to punish North Korea, scholars speculate upon Kim Jong Il’s survival strategy.
If...
Escalating Chances of a 2nd Nuke Experiment
On the 16th (local time), U.S. media sources reported indications of North Korea preparing a second nuke experiment. Our government officials are not refuting...
